MEMBERSHIP: Member Benefits | Membership Classes | Member Workshops | Funding

Applying the Cooperative’s information to a land base can increase short- and long-term profitability and sustainability by: Reducing plantation establishment costs by optimizing the selection and implementation of site preparation, planting, and early vegetation control prescriptions; Allocating investment dollars for intermediate-aged stand treatments to shorten rotation length and increase stand value; Leveraging the research activities of individual members with the investment of the entire program; Taking advantage of the technology transfer and consulting services of the FNC staff to address specific issues. The FNC’s Decision Support System (DSS) provides our members with an expert system that models the effects of site conditions, site preparation, and first year silvicultural treatments on plantation survival and growth. It is imperative that the results of our research are made available to our members in a timely manner. Web accessible data summaries for field trials are available as soon as we receive the corrected field trial data and/or analyses are completed in the lab. Periodically, results from field trials are summarized in internal technical reports. Downloadable copies of our technical reports are available on our members-only web site. Data analyses are also conducted for specific members upon request.

	Membership Class
Products / Services	Full	Sustaining	Corresponding
Members only web site access
Technical Reports
Individual Study Reports
Decision Support Models
Member Only Workshops
Priority Email and Telephone Consulting
Participation at Advisory Council and Contact Meetings
1 Day of Consulting for each $5,000 Membership Contribution (additional days at $1,000/day)
Vote on Budget and Policy Issues (1 vote/$5000 contribution)
Raw Study Data (After a total contribution of at least $60,000)
Vote on Field Trials (1 vote/$5000 contribution)
Studies Established on Member Land		On Request	On Request
Study Establishment Assistance		On Request	On Request
Data Entry and Error Checking Module		On Request	On Request
Foliage and Soil Analyses for Cooperative Trials		On Request	On Request
Foliage Analysis (Operational Samples)	On Request	On Request	On Request